Luxembourg, 21/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - Henceforth, the compilation of European environmental economic accounts must be done within a framework common to all EU member states. The EU Council on Tuesday 21 June adopted, without debate, the regulation establishing the new EU-wide statistical framework, allowing monitoring of the pressures exerted by the European economy on the environment and helping to explore how these might be abated.
The new legislation makes it an obligation for member...